Video. France: Protesters Rally Outside CNews TV over Alleged Kremlin Influence
- On Wednesday, dozens of protesters gathered outside CNews offices in Paris, France, demanding sanctions against Ksenia Fedorova, the former director of the Russian state-funded broadcaster RT France.
- Fedorova spent more than 17 years at RT and now regularly appears on outlets owned by billionaire Vincent Bolloré, where critics argue she promotes Kremlin narratives regarding Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
- Antoine Bernard, advocacy director at Reporters Without Borders, told The Moscow Times that Fedorova is a "propagandist" and urged French broadcast regulator ARCOM to examine her statements for disinformation.
- Members of the European Parliament called for EU-wide sanctions, while French authorities acknowledged concerns about foreign influence but maintained that legal limits apply within their democratic system.
- The debate reflects the broader challenge facing France and other European nations as they attempt to balance freedom of expression with efforts to counter foreign political influence and disinformation.
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Macron targets Russian commentator for French TV
France's President Emmanuel Macron warned on Thursday that a controversial Russian journalist employed by a right-wing tycoon was churning out Kremlin propaganda, as he weighed in on a debate about freedom of speech and foreign influence.
The MEP, president of the Renew Europe group in the European Parliament, has contacted Arcom and is requesting that European sanctions against Russian propaganda be applied to the former editor-in-chief of RT France, a star columnist for Bolloré media outlets. Source link: https://www.nouvelobs.com/monde/20260604.OBS115489/vers-des-sanctions-europeennes-contre-xenia-fedorova-ce-n-est-pas-une-cabale-mais-une-alerte-selon-l-eurodeputee-valerie-hay…
French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that a Russian editorialist Xenia Fedorova, accused of being the Kremlinulu voice in the French press, was already in the service of the Russian state propaganda in 2017 and that things have not changed since then, AFP reports.
'Fedorova, Out!': Ex-RT Journalist Faces Increasing Scrutiny in France
PARIS — “No, no, no to war propaganda!” the crowd chants, waving Ukrainian and French flags outside the offices of conservative broadcaster CNews in one of the French capital’s most affluent districts. Dozens of people speaking Ukrainian, French and Russian have gathered here with a shared goal: to push for sanctions against Ksenia Fedorova, the former director of RT’s French-language satellite RT France.
Emmanuel Macron estimated on Thursday that Xenia Fedorova, former executive director of Russia Today in the French language, was at the service of the Russian "state propaganda". Centralist Euro MPs...
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